1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter.
Not to be confused with Signal strength meter. In telecommunications, field strength meter is a measuring device which measures the signal strength caused by a transmitter. 1 The relation between the electric field and the transmitted power.
Since the source and meter tests loss just like the transmission link, all standard cable plant tests specify using a source and meter to measure loss. You must always use them to test the cable plant loss. Even the outside plant singlemode test standard, OFSTP-7, says you should accept only the source/meter results.